The Whitlingham Bird Report for 2016 is now available to download here.

The previous reports are also availble: 2015 here, 2014 report here and the 2013 reporthere. Thanks to everyone who has contributed sightings, information and photos to these reports.

You may also be interested in Chris Durdin's Thorpe Marsh Wildlife Report for 2016,which is availablehere.

WHITLINGHAM: February wildfowl count

The ongoing saga that is connecting our house to the
internet is ongoing, so here is a brief catchup on recent trips.

11th
February 2017

February’s wetland bird survey
was a rather quiet affair, with large reductions in the number of ducks from
January. The most interesting sighting was two Little Egrets flying east over
the broad, one shortly after I arrived and one a couple of hours later. A drake
Wigeon was also of interest, and there were good numbers of Siskin flying
around.

Combined totals of selected
species were:

·Gadwall 130 (2016: 39)

·Tufted Duck 216 (2016: 164)

·Pochard 25 (2016: 10)

·Coot 179 (2016:72)

I couldn’t see the Black-necked
Grebe on Thorpe Broad from my vantage point at Whitlingham, but I did see David
Norgate who then saw the grebe, so it was present by proxy. As far as I know it
was last seen on 14th February, having stayed for two weeks.

More Photos

The downside to a blog is the somewhat transient nature of the posts, so I have created a Flickr page with albums for photos of the country park, dodgy wildfowl and anything else that takes my fancy. If you want to take a look it can be found at www.flickr.com/photos/whitlingham. More will be added when I get round to it.

Fatbirder ranking

Norwich Peregrine Watch

To keep uptodate with the Peregrines on Norwich Cathedral you can follow this link to the Hawk and Owl Trust website. Pictures are updated every 2 minutes or so.Norwich Peregrines web cam

There is also a local photographers website where you can view some excellent photos of the birds and buy stuff with them on: